From Peking to PetersburgE. Arnold, 1899 - 300 pàgines |
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... were written for the Straits Times , and were simultaneously published in that newspaper , in the Queen , and in some other journals of Britain and of Asia . CONTENTS . CHAPTER 1. AT PEKING . II . FOREIGNERS vi PREFACE.
... were written for the Straits Times , and were simultaneously published in that newspaper , in the Queen , and in some other journals of Britain and of Asia . CONTENTS . CHAPTER 1. AT PEKING . II . FOREIGNERS vi PREFACE.
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... XVIII . SOME TRAVELLING DETAILS XIX . MOSCOW AND PETERSBURG . XX . RUSSIA'S STRENGTH XXI . THE PRESSURE ON CHINA XXII . WHAT SHOULD BRITAIN DO ? INDEX · MAP SHOWING AUTHOR'S ROUTE 78 FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG CHAPTER I. AT PEKING .
... XVIII . SOME TRAVELLING DETAILS XIX . MOSCOW AND PETERSBURG . XX . RUSSIA'S STRENGTH XXI . THE PRESSURE ON CHINA XXII . WHAT SHOULD BRITAIN DO ? INDEX · MAP SHOWING AUTHOR'S ROUTE 78 FROM PEKING TO PETERSBURG CHAPTER I. AT PEKING .
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... Britain might do in the way of organizing the Chinese in China may be helped by noting the relations between Britain and the Chinese population of the Straits Settlements and the Malay Peninsula . In reviewing the influence 4 THE PEOPLE ...
... Britain might do in the way of organizing the Chinese in China may be helped by noting the relations between Britain and the Chinese population of the Straits Settlements and the Malay Peninsula . In reviewing the influence 4 THE PEOPLE ...
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... the fellah ever was . If you can drill the Egyptian fellaheen to face the Dervish onslaughts , you can drill the Chinaman to face any risks of war . I believe that if Britain would take the opportunity to THE PEOPLE OF CHINA 57.
... the fellah ever was . If you can drill the Egyptian fellaheen to face the Dervish onslaughts , you can drill the Chinaman to face any risks of war . I believe that if Britain would take the opportunity to THE PEOPLE OF CHINA 57.
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Arnot Reid. I believe that if Britain would take the opportunity to handle China as we have handled Egypt , we could raise in twenty years an army that would hold the world at bay , and we could build up in half a century a native ...
Arnot Reid. I believe that if Britain would take the opportunity to handle China as we have handled Egypt , we could raise in twenty years an army that would hold the world at bay , and we could build up in half a century a native ...
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